Declined Report: 76561192352543987 - ([TF2] Team Fortress 2 Items)

Scam Report

Report Type: [Rep Fraud] Impersonation with intent to defraud
Virtual item type involved: [TF2] Team Fortress 2 Items

Accused profile: 76561192352543987

Victim profile: 76561198078722712

What happened? Description:

I left a comment on the Steam profile of the user being impersonated (http://steamcommunity.com/profiles/76561198067624077) concerning their bot not working properly. A few minutes later the accused adds me as a Steam friend. I accept and notice that it is a different Steam account, I however consider the possibility of it being an alt.

After asking me what item I was trying to trade with the bot, the accused requests me to 'first check the current price of your unusual and keys at tf2skin[dot]shop and marketplace[dot]tf so that I can compare'. I retort that this seems very much not relevant and now feel convinced that I am dealing with an impersonator. As such I report the account on Steam to Valve.

Meanwhile the accused insists saying I 'don't need to deposit, just check and take a photo only'. I leave the conversation for what it is and continue with my report on Steam. Later they unfriend me, and change their profile name to something else.​

Provide Evidence:

Proof of the initial trade agreement: N/A, considering no agreement about any sort of trade was reached.

Proof of the broken agreement or scam attempt: See added screenshot.

Proof that you verified the identity of the person: I would like to upload a video demonstrating that the person I am chatting with in the screenshot is indeed the same as the accused, but it appears MP4s aren't allowed. So I added a screenshot of the name history of the accused. (See also: https://steamcommunity.com/id/76561192352543987/namehistory)​

I just now also notice that the accused has a custom profile URL set to imitate a fake Steam ID, namely 76561192352543987. This is the ID listed in my report, hence how I now discovered it, since clicking it does not lead to a profile on SteamRep.

For clarity, the actual Steam ID of the accused is 76561198278985286 (http://steamcommunity.com/profiles/76561198278985286). Link to SteamRep profile: https://steamrep.com/search?q=76561198278985286.

*to imitate a Steam ID or *to fake a Steam ID.